Polypyge Schrammen 1937 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Parent taxon: Euretinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Pisera 1997

Sister taxa: Alosculum, Blondetia, Dracospongia, Eurete, Heterochone, Linonema, Lopanella, Mastodictyum, Myliusia, Nemarete, Ordinatus, Periphragella, Plecteurete, Plectospyris, Pleurochorium, Pseudocavispongia, Radioplica, Ramispongia, Verrucocoelia, Wapkiosa, Zittelispongia

Subtaxa: Polypyge pusilla

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Type: Polypyge pusilla

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bärenthal, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)

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